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our dream would be to have a similar program to ours in every city in the united states. obviously that takes time, our speakers are volunteers, they aren't paid. it may take 4 or 5 hours to go into schools so resources are always an issue. many schools are afraid to invite speakers in to talk about any religion, but particularly islam, there's not always a clear understanding to what the first amendment guarantees, which is the right to teach about a religion but not proselytize about it. i think there's fear of associating with anyone associated with islam. there are events outside our control that creates more interest and unfortunately also makes people more afraid. one of the programs we are about to launch is putting all our content online so a teacher in north dakota where there are no muslim, potentially, no expert can come to her classroom, they can go to our web site and download the content and teach the things we are teaching. >> i think partnerships are the best way to overcome the limitations because we all have limitations. and sometimes it's just visibilit
our dream would be to have a similar program to ours in every city in the united states. obviously that takes time, our speakers are volunteers, they aren't paid. it may take 4 or 5 hours to go into schools so resources are always an issue. many schools are afraid to invite speakers in to talk about any religion, but particularly islam, there's not always a clear understanding to what the first amendment guarantees, which is the right to teach about a religion but not proselytize about it. i...
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same children are on sports teams under the city rec department, they are receiving services and they are in programs with the county and so having this training, having this awareness go beyond the schools is really important. so i thought i'd mention that. the other thing that we are moving towards in education is more digital. we'll see less textbooks and more digital learning and with that we are promoting a digital literacy policy which deals with a number of issues and i'm going to go back and look at the draft policy to see how well it deals with the kind of issues rob and your family have dealt with in terms of using the internet safely and being aware of the harm you can do to yourself and to others by the way digital news can get around. >> assemblyman. >> thank you very much. i'm very, very heartened. this was an issue that's been in the closet for too long. i think high profile nationally now as well and we have super stars involved, lady gaga, myself, but you got to reach young people. usually peers are the best, i think, in terms of communicating things and then absolute
same children are on sports teams under the city rec department, they are receiving services and they are in programs with the county and so having this training, having this awareness go beyond the schools is really important. so i thought i'd mention that. the other thing that we are moving towards in education is more digital. we'll see less textbooks and more digital learning and with that we are promoting a digital literacy policy which deals with a number of issues and i'm going to go...
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but two years ago, the city quietly dropped the smoking ban. gwendolyn boyd is the city's chief of police. >> we realized that at best we may save 5% on our insurance premium. but now we're having a problem with trying to recruit and hire highly-qualified candidates, and we're competing against agencies that do not have that policy. >> did dropping the policy dramatically change that? were you able to find qualified people? >> i would have to say unequivocally yes. >> officer juan mayato believes that the city ultimately learned that those smokers more often than not made pretty good cops. >> i mean, what does smoking have to do with the way you perform your job out here? there's a lot of people that smoke that are well qualified for this job, and it doesn't affect them. and, you know, they couldn't hire them. >> that was the problem cnn faced. and after 13 years of a ban on hiring smokers, it rescinded the policy. even so, lewis maltby says it's gonna be near impossible to marshal support for smokers. >> smoking has become more than a health i
but two years ago, the city quietly dropped the smoking ban. gwendolyn boyd is the city's chief of police. >> we realized that at best we may save 5% on our insurance premium. but now we're having a problem with trying to recruit and hire highly-qualified candidates, and we're competing against agencies that do not have that policy. >> did dropping the policy dramatically change that? were you able to find qualified people? >> i would have to say unequivocally yes. >>...
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currency of the dollar the pound does not get to bristol because bristol is not on the radar of the city of london so they come up with the bristol pound to keep all the you know to keep transactions flowing to keep transactions happening if you look at africa there's a huge ecosystem of micro payments developing there without any of us teaching them how to do this right but you're dealing with people all that are extremely dangerous for example when wiki leaks when they exposed the us military killing journalists in iraq from a helicopter that was ok but when they were going to expose bank of america for fraud to suddenly join us is holed up in the embassy. across town. when mervyn king in the bank of england was implicated and live market reg scandal suddenly he's gone and they parachute in the central banker from canada mark carney to somehow he's going to make that go away that the fact of the bank of england was involved in a massive fraud so they were able to move the pieces in the global banking cartel in an extraordinary way again no competition wall rise that will challenge the
currency of the dollar the pound does not get to bristol because bristol is not on the radar of the city of london so they come up with the bristol pound to keep all the you know to keep transactions flowing to keep transactions happening if you look at africa there's a huge ecosystem of micro payments developing there without any of us teaching them how to do this right but you're dealing with people all that are extremely dangerous for example when wiki leaks when they exposed the us military...
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>> tyler, i'm out here at city walk. prepare yourself. i have something good to say about retail, including one store, the only store i have never shopped at. i didn't know one existed. we will have that after the break. >> announcer: if congress fails to intervene, over $1 billion will be cut from the afghanistan security forces fund which helps afghanistan to develop its own security forces. omnipotent of . you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i could get used to this. [ male announcer ] yes, you could business pro. yes, you could. go national. go like a pro. yes, you could. and you wouldn't have it any other way.e. but your erectile dysfunction - you know, that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only
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and in major cities like cairo, majorities voted "no." this morning, those divisions were still apparent in cairo. >> ( translated ): it will certainly lead to stability. we can now begin to move forward. investment can begin to come into egypt. what more do people want? >> ( translated ): we are very sad and we never wanted the situation to be this way. we never wanted just one political group to rule. we wanted there to be unity. >> warner: for now, legislative power rests with the country's upper house of parliament, which is dominated by islamists. it was seated today. >> ( translated ): with regards >> warner: parliamentary elections for the lower house take place in two months. the country's lawmakers have no time to waste. the months of political unrest and uncertainty have disrupted the economy. egypt's credit rating was downgraded this week and its currency is trading at the lowest level in eight years. in response, morsi's government has put off planned tax increases on various goods, and imposed restrictions on the amount of mo
and in major cities like cairo, majorities voted "no." this morning, those divisions were still apparent in cairo. >> ( translated ): it will certainly lead to stability. we can now begin to move forward. investment can begin to come into egypt. what more do people want? >> ( translated ): we are very sad and we never wanted the situation to be this way. we never wanted just one political group to rule. we wanted there to be unity. >> warner: for now, legislative...
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in those cities where the price of low fat milk is less expensive than soda, low fat milk consumption is higher than soda. in those cities like new york where soda is less expensive than milk, guess what, soda consumption is up. so also when we look at the whole obesity situation, we've got to drive down the price of milk and hopefully we'll consume less soda and less sugars. >> that would be healthier for all. thank you very much forex planing the situation to us. phil. just ahead on "street signs," why the cliff could actually speed up millionaires' debt. you're not going to believe that. >> you'll hear that. plus, predictions 2013. we will break down our big bets for the new year. we leave you no you with a shot from our white house stake out camera. house speaker john boehner, minority leader nancy pelosi, senate majority leader harry reid and mitch mcdonnell who have a collective 100 years legislating between them will be meeting with the president soon. . they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. [ male announcer ] glucerna hunger
in those cities where the price of low fat milk is less expensive than soda, low fat milk consumption is higher than soda. in those cities like new york where soda is less expensive than milk, guess what, soda consumption is up. so also when we look at the whole obesity situation, we've got to drive down the price of milk and hopefully we'll consume less soda and less sugars. >> that would be healthier for all. thank you very much forex planing the situation to us. phil. just ahead on...
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